Recent Publications
List of Publications
(Trainees supervised under Dr. Robillard are underlined)
Tam, M.T., Gauthier, S., Ng, K.P., Everett, F., Robillard, J.M. (2020) Facilitating recruitment for dementia research: Insights from an international panel (innovative practice). Dementia.
Smith, E. E., Couillard, P., Fisk, J.D., Ismail, Z., Montero-Odasso, M., Robillard, J.M., Vedel, I., Sivananthan, S., Gauthier, S. (2020) Pandemic Dementia Scarce Resource Allocation. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 23(3), 230-262.
Kabacinska, K., Prescott, T.J., & Robillard, J.M. (2020) Socially assistive robots as mental health interventions for children: A scoping review. International Journal of Social Robotics.
Tam, M.T., Wu, J.M., Page, P.M., Lamb, E.A., Jordan, I., Chambers, C.T., Robillard, J.M. (2020) Barriers and facilitators to effective pain management by parents after pediatric outpatient surgery. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 34(6), 560-567.
Kabacinska, K., Robillard, J.M. (2020) Realizing the potential of robotics for aging care through co-creation. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 76(2), 461-466.
Kabacinska, K., Sunderland, G., Robillard, J.M. (2019) DISRUPTing the future of social robotics. AGE-WELL Conference, Moncton, NB.
Kabacinska, K., Sharma, N., Kaye, J., Mattek, N., Kuzeljevic, B., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Investigating the concept of participant burden in aging technology research. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1), 50.
Tao, G., Charm, G., Kabacinska, K., Miller, W.C., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Evaluation tools of assistive technologies: a scoping review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Robillard, J.M., Feng, T.L., Sporn, A.B., Lai, J.A., Lo, C., Ta, M., Nadler, R. (2019) Availability, readability and content of privacy policies and terms of agreement of mental health apps. Internet Interventions 17:100243.
Astell, A.J., Bouranis, N., Hoey, J., Lindauer, A., Mihailidis, A., Nugent, C., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Technology and Dementia: The future is now. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 47(3):131-9.
Robillard, J.M., Wu, J.M., Feng, T.L., Tam, M. (2019) Prioritizing benefits: A content analysis of the ethics in dementia technology policies. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 69(4):897-904.
Prescott, T.J., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Robotic automation can improve the lives of those who need social care. BMJ 364:l62.
Robillard, J.M., Cabral, E., Feng, T.L. (2018) Online health information-seeking: the case of deep brain stimulation in social media. Care Weekly 2:14-20.
Robillard, J.M., Jun, J.H., Lai, J.A., Feng, T.L. (2018) The QUEST for quality online health information: development and validation of a novel, short and quantitative tool. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision-making 18(1):87.
Robillard, J.M., Cleland, I., Hoey, J., Nugent, C. (2018) Ethical adoption: a new imperative in the development of technology for dementia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia 14(9):1104-13.
Robillard, J.M., Lai, J.A., Wu, J.M., Feng, T.L., Hayden, S. (2018) Patient perspectives on the experience of computerized cognitive screening in a clinical setting. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Implications 4:297-303.
Robillard, J.M., Hoey, J. (2018) Emotion and motivation in cognitive assistive technologies for dementia. IEEE Computer, 51(3):24-34.
Robillard, J.M., Sporn, A.B. (2018). Static vs interactive online resources about dementia: a comparison of readability scores. Gerontotechnology, 17(1):29-37.
Tougas, M.E., Chambers, C.T., Corkum, P., Robillard, J.M., Gruzd, A., Howard, V., Kampen, A., Boerner, K., Hundert, A. (2018) An examination of social media content about children's health. Journal of Medical Internet Research Pediatrics and Parenting 1(2):e11193.
Zarzeczny, A., Atkins, H., Illes, J., Kimmelman, J., Master, Z., Robillard, J.M., Snyder, J., Turner, L., Zettler, P., Caulfield, T. (2018) The stem cell market and policy options: a call for clarity. In Press, Journal of Law and the Biosciences.
Illes, J., Weiss, S., Bains, J., Chandler, J.A., Conrod, P., DeKoninck, Y., Fellows, L.K., Groetzinger, D., Racine, E., Robillard, J.M., Sokolowski, M.B. (2018) A Neuroethics backbone for the evolving Canadian Brain Research Strategy. Neuron 101 (3):370-4.
Gold, M., Amatniek, J., Carrillo, M.C., Cedarbaum, J.M., Hendrix, J.A., Miller, B.B., Robillard, J.M., Rice, J.J., Soares, H., Tome, M.B., Tarnanas, I., Vargas, G., Bain, L.J., Czaja, S.J. (2018) Digital technologies as biomarkers, clinical outcomes assessment and recruitment tools in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Implications 4:234-42.
Teipel, S., Konig, A., Hoey, J., Kaye, J., Kruger, F., Robillard, J.M., Kirste, T., Babiloni, C. (2018) Home-based pervasive information and communication technology provides real world evidence for future clinical trials in dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia 14(9):1216-31.
Robillard, J.M., Li, A.W., Jacob, S., Wang, D., Zou, X., Hoey, J. (2017) Co-creating emotionally aligned smart homes using social psychological modeling. 4th International Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction, September 21-22 2018, Rostock, Germany.
Robillard, J.M., Feng, T.L. (2017) When patient engagement and research ethics collide: lessons from a dementia forum. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 59(1):1-10.
Illes, J., Sipp, D., Kleiderman, E., Benjaminy, S., Isasi, R., Master, Z., Ogbogu, U., Ravitsky, V., Robillard, J.M., Zarzeczny, A. (2017) [Invited comment] A blueprint for the next generation ELSI research, training, and outreach in regenerative medicine. Nature Regenerative Medicine, 2:21.
Robillard, J.M. (2017) [Invited editorial] Who is to blame? Medical hype in the media. Movement Disorders, 32(10):1345-47.
Konig, A., Francis, L.E., Joshi, J., Robillard, J.M., Hoey, J. (2017) Qualitative study of affective identities in dementia patients for the design of cognitive assistive technologies. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 4:1-15.
Robillard, J.M., Alhothali, A., Varma, S., Hoey, J. (2017) Intelligent and affectively aligned evaluation of online health information for older adults. Proceedings of the 31st Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Conference on Artificial Intelligence, San Francisco, February 2017.
Robillard, J.M., Illes, J. (2016) [Invited editorial] Manipulating memories: the ethics of yesterday’s science fiction and today’s reality. American Medical Association Journal of Ethics 18(12):1225.
Robillard, J.M., Lo, C., Feng, T.L., Hennessey, C.A. (2016) A light switch in the #brain: optogenetics on social media. Neuroethics, 9(3):279-88.
26. Robillard, J.M., Feng, T.L. (2016) Digital health advice: quality of online articles about the prevention of Alzheimer disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 55:219-29.
Robillard, J.M. (2016) The online environment: a key variable in the ethical response to complementary and alternative medicine for Alzheimer disease. Journal of Alzheimer Disease, 51(1):11-3.
Robillard, J.M., Illes, J., Arcand, M., Beattie, B.L., Hayden, S., Lawrence, P., McGrenere, J., Reiner, P.B., Wittenberg, D., Jacova, C. (2015) Scientific validity and ethics of online tests for Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 1(3):281-8.
Robillard, J.M., Cabral, E., Hennessey, C., Kwon, B.K., Illes, J. (2015) Fueling hope: Stem cells in social media. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 11(4):540-6.
Robillard, J.M. (2015) Communicating in context: A priority for gene therapy researchers. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy 15(3):315-8.
Robillard, J.M., Roskams-Edris, D., Kuzeljevic, B., Illes, J. (2014) Prevailing public perceptions of the ethics of gene therapy. Human Gene Therapy 25(8):740-6.
Robillard, J.M., Johnson, T.W., Hennessey, C., Beattie, B.L., Illes, J. (2013) Aging 2.0: Health information about dementia on Twitter. PLoS One Jul 26;8(7):e69861. [Top 10% Most Cited PLoS One article]
Robillard, J.M., Whiteley, L., Johnson, T.W., Lim, J., Wasserman, W.W., Illes, J. (2013) Utilizing social media to study information-seeking and ethical issues in gene therapy. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(3):e44.
Robillard, J.M., Illes, J. (2011) A link in the ink: mental illness and criminal responsibility in the media. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health 6:1-7.
Robillard, J.M., Gordon, G.R., Choi, H.B., Christie, B.R., MacVicar, B.A. (2011) Glutatione restores the mechanism of synaptic plasticity in aged mice to that of the adult. PLoS One 6(5):e20676. [Top 10% Most Cited PLoS One article]
Robillard, J.M., Federico, C.A., Tairyan, K., Ivinson, A.J., Illes, J. (2011) Untapped ethical resources for neurodegeneration. BMC Med Ethics 12:9.
Christie, B.R., Eadie, B.D., Kannangara, T.S., Robillard, J.M., Titterness, A.K. (2008) Exercising our brains: How physical activity impacts synaptic plasticity. Neuromolecular Med. 2008;10(2):47-58.
Wong, T.P., Howland, J.G., Robillard, J.M., Ge, Y., Yu, W., Olson, A.K., Brebner K., Liu, L., Phillips, A.G., Weinberg, J., Christie, B.R., Wang, Y.T. (2006) Hippocampal long-term depression mediates acute stress-induced spatial memory impairment. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104(27):11471-6.
Michel, F.J., Robillard, J.M., Trudeau, L.E. (2004) Regulation of rat mesencephalic GABAergic neurones through muscarinic receptors. J Physiol 556(Pt 2):429-45
Smith, E. E., Couillard, P., Fisk, J.D., Ismail, Z., Montero-Odasso, M., Robillard, J.M., Vedel, I., Sivananthan, S., Gauthier, S. (2020) Pandemic Dementia Scarce Resource Allocation. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 23(3), 230-262.
Kabacinska, K., Prescott, T.J., & Robillard, J.M. (2020) Socially assistive robots as mental health interventions for children: A scoping review. International Journal of Social Robotics.
Tam, M.T., Wu, J.M., Page, P.M., Lamb, E.A., Jordan, I., Chambers, C.T., Robillard, J.M. (2020) Barriers and facilitators to effective pain management by parents after pediatric outpatient surgery. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 34(6), 560-567.
Kabacinska, K., Robillard, J.M. (2020) Realizing the potential of robotics for aging care through co-creation. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 76(2), 461-466.
Kabacinska, K., Sunderland, G., Robillard, J.M. (2019) DISRUPTing the future of social robotics. AGE-WELL Conference, Moncton, NB.
Kabacinska, K., Sharma, N., Kaye, J., Mattek, N., Kuzeljevic, B., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Investigating the concept of participant burden in aging technology research. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1), 50.
Tao, G., Charm, G., Kabacinska, K., Miller, W.C., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Evaluation tools of assistive technologies: a scoping review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Robillard, J.M., Feng, T.L., Sporn, A.B., Lai, J.A., Lo, C., Ta, M., Nadler, R. (2019) Availability, readability and content of privacy policies and terms of agreement of mental health apps. Internet Interventions 17:100243.
Astell, A.J., Bouranis, N., Hoey, J., Lindauer, A., Mihailidis, A., Nugent, C., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Technology and Dementia: The future is now. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 47(3):131-9.
Robillard, J.M., Wu, J.M., Feng, T.L., Tam, M. (2019) Prioritizing benefits: A content analysis of the ethics in dementia technology policies. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 69(4):897-904.
Prescott, T.J., Robillard, J.M. (2019) Robotic automation can improve the lives of those who need social care. BMJ 364:l62.
Robillard, J.M., Cabral, E., Feng, T.L. (2018) Online health information-seeking: the case of deep brain stimulation in social media. Care Weekly 2:14-20.
Robillard, J.M., Jun, J.H., Lai, J.A., Feng, T.L. (2018) The QUEST for quality online health information: development and validation of a novel, short and quantitative tool. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision-making 18(1):87.
Robillard, J.M., Cleland, I., Hoey, J., Nugent, C. (2018) Ethical adoption: a new imperative in the development of technology for dementia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia 14(9):1104-13.
Robillard, J.M., Lai, J.A., Wu, J.M., Feng, T.L., Hayden, S. (2018) Patient perspectives on the experience of computerized cognitive screening in a clinical setting. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Implications 4:297-303.
Robillard, J.M., Hoey, J. (2018) Emotion and motivation in cognitive assistive technologies for dementia. IEEE Computer, 51(3):24-34.
Robillard, J.M., Sporn, A.B. (2018). Static vs interactive online resources about dementia: a comparison of readability scores. Gerontotechnology, 17(1):29-37.
Tougas, M.E., Chambers, C.T., Corkum, P., Robillard, J.M., Gruzd, A., Howard, V., Kampen, A., Boerner, K., Hundert, A. (2018) An examination of social media content about children's health. Journal of Medical Internet Research Pediatrics and Parenting 1(2):e11193.
Zarzeczny, A., Atkins, H., Illes, J., Kimmelman, J., Master, Z., Robillard, J.M., Snyder, J., Turner, L., Zettler, P., Caulfield, T. (2018) The stem cell market and policy options: a call for clarity. In Press, Journal of Law and the Biosciences.
Illes, J., Weiss, S., Bains, J., Chandler, J.A., Conrod, P., DeKoninck, Y., Fellows, L.K., Groetzinger, D., Racine, E., Robillard, J.M., Sokolowski, M.B. (2018) A Neuroethics backbone for the evolving Canadian Brain Research Strategy. Neuron 101 (3):370-4.
Gold, M., Amatniek, J., Carrillo, M.C., Cedarbaum, J.M., Hendrix, J.A., Miller, B.B., Robillard, J.M., Rice, J.J., Soares, H., Tome, M.B., Tarnanas, I., Vargas, G., Bain, L.J., Czaja, S.J. (2018) Digital technologies as biomarkers, clinical outcomes assessment and recruitment tools in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Implications 4:234-42.
Teipel, S., Konig, A., Hoey, J., Kaye, J., Kruger, F., Robillard, J.M., Kirste, T., Babiloni, C. (2018) Home-based pervasive information and communication technology provides real world evidence for future clinical trials in dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia 14(9):1216-31.
Robillard, J.M., Li, A.W., Jacob, S., Wang, D., Zou, X., Hoey, J. (2017) Co-creating emotionally aligned smart homes using social psychological modeling. 4th International Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction, September 21-22 2018, Rostock, Germany.
Robillard, J.M., Feng, T.L. (2017) When patient engagement and research ethics collide: lessons from a dementia forum. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 59(1):1-10.
Illes, J., Sipp, D., Kleiderman, E., Benjaminy, S., Isasi, R., Master, Z., Ogbogu, U., Ravitsky, V., Robillard, J.M., Zarzeczny, A. (2017) [Invited comment] A blueprint for the next generation ELSI research, training, and outreach in regenerative medicine. Nature Regenerative Medicine, 2:21.
Robillard, J.M. (2017) [Invited editorial] Who is to blame? Medical hype in the media. Movement Disorders, 32(10):1345-47.
Konig, A., Francis, L.E., Joshi, J., Robillard, J.M., Hoey, J. (2017) Qualitative study of affective identities in dementia patients for the design of cognitive assistive technologies. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 4:1-15.
Robillard, J.M., Alhothali, A., Varma, S., Hoey, J. (2017) Intelligent and affectively aligned evaluation of online health information for older adults. Proceedings of the 31st Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Conference on Artificial Intelligence, San Francisco, February 2017.
Robillard, J.M., Illes, J. (2016) [Invited editorial] Manipulating memories: the ethics of yesterday’s science fiction and today’s reality. American Medical Association Journal of Ethics 18(12):1225.
Robillard, J.M., Lo, C., Feng, T.L., Hennessey, C.A. (2016) A light switch in the #brain: optogenetics on social media. Neuroethics, 9(3):279-88.
26. Robillard, J.M., Feng, T.L. (2016) Digital health advice: quality of online articles about the prevention of Alzheimer disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 55:219-29.
Robillard, J.M. (2016) The online environment: a key variable in the ethical response to complementary and alternative medicine for Alzheimer disease. Journal of Alzheimer Disease, 51(1):11-3.
Robillard, J.M., Illes, J., Arcand, M., Beattie, B.L., Hayden, S., Lawrence, P., McGrenere, J., Reiner, P.B., Wittenberg, D., Jacova, C. (2015) Scientific validity and ethics of online tests for Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 1(3):281-8.
Robillard, J.M., Cabral, E., Hennessey, C., Kwon, B.K., Illes, J. (2015) Fueling hope: Stem cells in social media. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 11(4):540-6.
Robillard, J.M. (2015) Communicating in context: A priority for gene therapy researchers. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy 15(3):315-8.
Robillard, J.M., Roskams-Edris, D., Kuzeljevic, B., Illes, J. (2014) Prevailing public perceptions of the ethics of gene therapy. Human Gene Therapy 25(8):740-6.
Robillard, J.M., Johnson, T.W., Hennessey, C., Beattie, B.L., Illes, J. (2013) Aging 2.0: Health information about dementia on Twitter. PLoS One Jul 26;8(7):e69861. [Top 10% Most Cited PLoS One article]
Robillard, J.M., Whiteley, L., Johnson, T.W., Lim, J., Wasserman, W.W., Illes, J. (2013) Utilizing social media to study information-seeking and ethical issues in gene therapy. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(3):e44.
Robillard, J.M., Illes, J. (2011) A link in the ink: mental illness and criminal responsibility in the media. Journal of Ethics in Mental Health 6:1-7.
Robillard, J.M., Gordon, G.R., Choi, H.B., Christie, B.R., MacVicar, B.A. (2011) Glutatione restores the mechanism of synaptic plasticity in aged mice to that of the adult. PLoS One 6(5):e20676. [Top 10% Most Cited PLoS One article]
Robillard, J.M., Federico, C.A., Tairyan, K., Ivinson, A.J., Illes, J. (2011) Untapped ethical resources for neurodegeneration. BMC Med Ethics 12:9.
Christie, B.R., Eadie, B.D., Kannangara, T.S., Robillard, J.M., Titterness, A.K. (2008) Exercising our brains: How physical activity impacts synaptic plasticity. Neuromolecular Med. 2008;10(2):47-58.
Wong, T.P., Howland, J.G., Robillard, J.M., Ge, Y., Yu, W., Olson, A.K., Brebner K., Liu, L., Phillips, A.G., Weinberg, J., Christie, B.R., Wang, Y.T. (2006) Hippocampal long-term depression mediates acute stress-induced spatial memory impairment. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104(27):11471-6.
Michel, F.J., Robillard, J.M., Trudeau, L.E. (2004) Regulation of rat mesencephalic GABAergic neurones through muscarinic receptors. J Physiol 556(Pt 2):429-45
